Month: December 2024

Menace – Talk about miscalculation

I was hoping, and even told that the Early Access version of Menace was coming out this year. However, that was not to be. What really surprised me with the delay, is that the EA release has been put all the way up to fall, next year. Now, that’s a hefty holdup. I’m sure the developers got their reason, but I can’t help to speculate. Too big of a project, coming from the semi-small project Battle Brothers? Going from 2D to 3D too much of a hassle? Stuck in programming hell, or is everything perhaps progressing fine, but the team wants more for the EA version?

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Deus Ex: The Fall – Falling Sideways

If we go by Steam, Deus Ex: The Fall is not a popular game. I wouldn’t be surprised if you found its name next to “disliked” in the dictionary. However, that was then, and while it seems it had a disastrous release on Steam. Nowadays, it plays fairly well, and looks a lot like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, albeit visually limited with restrictions to the gameplay. This is because of its origin as a mobile/tablet game, which speaks for itself. Even if I didn’t outright dislike or hate it like most people, it does have some problems, making it questionable if it’s even worth playing. Let me explain.

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